Hello
Nature is an amazing teacher. Recently I read an essay by Jim Peterson called A Sense of the Goose. It's a beautiful explanation of how, if we work with each other and not always with a sense of competition, we would achieve much more harmony not just with people around us, but also within ourselves. Here's a snippet from the essay.
"It's Autumn and when you see geese heading south for the winter, flying in a "V" formation, you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way.
The "Sense of the Goose" is a mindset that describes how people who share a common direction and sense of community can achieve more together than they could individually.
As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and easily, because they are travelling on the thrust of one another.
When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.
If we have the sense of a goose, we will stay in formation with those people who are heading the same way we are.
When the head goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point.
It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs, whether with people or with geese flying south.
Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. What message do we give when we honk from behind?
Finally - and this is important - when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshot, and falls out of the formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies; and only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch up with their own group.
If we have the 'sense of a goose', we will stand by each other like that.
Just as geese do, we must support each other, help each other achieve common goals & stay blessed forever."
In that spirit, this is what's happening at Shakti:
Stephen leads our regular free group healing and guided meditation every Friday at Shakti and once a month at the beautiful Sky Lounge at The Upper House in Pacific Place.
Davena Mok, one of our resident Reiki Masters, holds her Wellness Wednesday at the new time of 9 am for anyone needing to reset their energy with a guided meditation, tips on managing stress and then a group Reiki healing.
Vanessa Hui, our resident Crystal Bowls Therapist, will hold her next crystal bowls evening at Shakti on 22 October. Vanessa also offers individual sound healing sessions.
Mark Nelson will lead his regular Shamanic workshop on Psychopomp next Tuesday 15 October.
On Saturday 26 October we will hold a Reiki level 1 class and our next Reiki practice evening on 6 November.
Have a great month.
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
Love and Light,
Pervin
